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- Type:
- Policies and documents
Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.
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- Date:
- 21 March 2018
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- Law reports
In Santos Gomes v Higher Level Care Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that compensation for injury to feelings is not available in a claim under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) for a failure to provide 20-minute rest breaks..
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- Date:
- 20 March 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King [2018] IRLR 142 ECJ, the ECJ held that the right to paid annual leave of a "worker" who was treated as a self-employed, commission-only salesman could accumulate over an unlimited period, and that the worker was entitled to claim the accrued holiday pay on termination.
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- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on the ECJ decision in Ville de Nivelles v Matzak, that the time during which a firefighter is on standby at home and must be at the fire station within a matter of minutes counts as "working time".
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on Santos Gomes v Higher Level Care Ltd, in which the Court of Appeal considered whether or not an award can be made for injury to feelings for failure to provide rest breaks.
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- Date:
- 22 February 2018
- Type:
- News
KFC employees have been asked to take annual leave to cover the working time they have lost following chicken supply issues that have affected hundreds of its outlets.
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- Date:
- 22 February 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Ville de Nivelles v Matzak, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the time during which a firefighter is on standby at home and must be at the fire station within a matter of minutes counts as "working time".
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- Date:
- 21 February 2018
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- Law reports
In South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service v Mansell and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that workers can be awarded compensation for injury to feelings in working time detriment claims.
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- Date:
- 20 February 2018
- Type:
- News
Britons overwhelmingly back keeping - often strengthening - workers' rights derived from the EU post Brexit, according to research published today.
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- Date:
- 9 February 2018
- Type:
- Audio and video
We discuss the implications for employers of the recent ECJ decision in The Sash Window Workshop and another v King, which opens up the risk of backdated claims for unpaid holiday.
